Philip Evan Cowlishaw (Prem Daas) began his spiritual path on his 19th birthday while traveling home from Michigan State University, hung-over and depressed.  "Are you there God?  Do you exist?  Please help me."  He began reading all that he could about God, Religion, and Spiritual Thought.  He studied Tai Chi Chuan with Carol Yamasaki, learned meditation from reading Stephen and Ondrea Levine, entered into Group and Individual Therapy, and continued to be inspired to love, serve, and laugh by his mother, Myra Jane Smith.  In 1995, he felt compelled to become a born-again Christian and began praying in tongues.  Soon after, he became a Roman Catholic and a Secular Franciscan.  He studied Communications and Music in college, Opera in Graduate School at DePaul in Chicago.  In New York, he lived as a professional actor for 4 years, attended Sathya Sai Baba Meetings and joined the Unitarian Universalist Church on the upper east side.  In 2004, Philip moved to Hollywood (thus fulfilling a childhood dream), but quickly moved into an Ashram with a Guru where he worked 2 jobs, served several ministries, and slept only 4-5 hours a night.  Drawn to the city of peace and love, he moved to the Medicine Buddha Temple in San Francisco in 2006.  While later living near Haight and Ashbury, he composed and completed his first musical CD, Dawn of Awareness, which is music celebrating both the Jnana and Bhakti paths of yoga.  Presently, he lives in our nation's capital where he is creating The Clarity Charity Center of Washington D.C.  www.ClarityCharityCenter.org  This summer, Philip recorded his 2nd CD, Nameless, Formless, and found his final teacher, Jackie O'Keeffe.

He delights in offering 90-minute Music Meditation Meetings (see Calendar page).

www.YouTube.com/PremDaasTalks

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(202) 258-9099

PremDaas@yahoo.com